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PDF file. What is PDF file?
Portable
Document Format (PDF) is the de facto standard for the secure and
reliable distribution and exchange of electronic documents and forms
around the world, with a ten-year track record. PDF is a universal
file format that preserves the fonts, images, graphics, and layout of
any source document, regardless of the application and platform used
to create it.
Adobe®
PDF files are compact and complete, and can be shared, viewed, and
printed by anyone with free Adobe Reader® software. To date, more
than 500 million copies of the software have been distributed. You can
convert any document to Adobe PDF using Adobe Acrobat® software
products, enabling business, engineering, and creative professionals
to create, distribute, and exchange secure and reliable Adobe PDF
documents. For more information, see the Adobe Acrobat family.
Governments and enterprises around the world
have adopted PDF to streamline document management, increase
productivity, and reduce reliance on paper. For example, PDF is the
standard format for the electronic submission of drug approvals to the
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and for electronic case
filing in U.S. federal courts. It is also used by the governments of
the United Kingdom and Germany for electronic document exchange.
Finally, the ISO's PDF/X specification is the standard file format
used for the digital distribution of advertisements for publication.
An open file format specification, PDF is
available to anyone who wants to develop tools to create, view, or
manipulate PDF documents. Indeed, more than 1,800 vendors offer
PDF-based solutions, ensuring that organizations that adopt the PDF
standard have a variety of tools to leverage the Portable Document
Format and to customize document processes.
Consumers benefit from PDF's platform
ubiquity as well, because Adobe Reader lets them view rich-media PDF
slide shows and electronic cards created using Adobe Photoshop® Album
software.
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